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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You sure? I feel like this is really difficult unless somebody already like literally never goes outside and never opens their curtains for weeks at a time

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I've gone like actual months without leaving the house and even this I couldn't handle. No privacy, obnoxious lighting that'll trigger a migraine in a heartbeat, no entertainment. Just sitting day after day staring at the wall because the stranger and you had a falling out on day 2.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I think it'd be harder alone, but with someone else there to talk to, that's easy. With a common goal, you could also hype each other up.

Though for 500k, that's lifechanging, I think could do it alone too. There's enough space and props in there to exercise and make my own fun.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Depends on what else is in there tbh. I gave myself photosensitivity after a few years not opening my curtains.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would suck but this is also like 4+ years of income for most people. You'd have to drag me out of there lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just concerned the damage to your mental health wouldn't be worth it

Way harder to fix that than fix poor finances

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've struggled with depression for around a decade now and I can't even imagine that this would damage my mental health more than owning a house no one can take away from me would help it. I'm not the person you said "somebody who never goes outside and never opens their curtains for weeks at a time" I play a summer sport and a winter sport, go camping, exercise. 100 days is nothing and 250k (I read it as 500k each but still) is in fact 8 years of median income in the US or almost 7 in my state. That would put you more than 8 years ahead if spent smartly, that's 8 years pay up front

Being in a room with another person for a couple months cannot be near as painful as being micromanaged at work.

I'm not trying to "debate you" about your perspective, just sharing mine rat-salute-2